Moorpark English 1A: Tentative Schedule
The following tentative schedule includes readings from all three texts:
- Composing Cyberspace AKA CC
- Rules of Thumb AKA ROT
- Writing Online AKA WO
Please check back for changes and updates. Complete all readings by due dates. Summary and response (online journal) of CC readings are due online before the day we are to discuss the reading in class. Readings from ROT and WO are given as background for that week's work.
Last revised 14 Nov 01.
- Week 1: (Course content and contracts)
- Mon 8/20 Syllabus/ phone/email list/ contract
- Wed 8/22 FAQs / interviews /
- Fri 8/24 In class timed writing
- Week 2: (Course requirements /Intros)
- Mon 8/27 Rubric / self evaluations /intros
- Wed 8/29 Intros
- Fri 8/31 Lab -- (add deadline) / class mailing list
- Week 3: (Academic communities)
- Mon 9/3 Labor day
- Wed 9/5 Bruckman (CC)
- Fri 9/7 Lab -- setting up personal spaces / practice discussion
- Week 4 (Virtual Communities)
- Mon 9/10: Rheingold (CC)
- Wed 9/12: CLASSES CANCELLED
- Fri 9/14: MEET IN TR2 NOT THE LAB -- freewriting --
(Last day to drop w/out a W)
- Week 5 (Global Village)
- Mon 9/17: Forster
- Wed 9/19: Global Village selection (CC) *OR* e-democracy selection (CC)
- Fri 9/21: Lab -- Media article selection
- Week 6 (paper topics)
- Mon 9/24: Short Write / topic generation / heuristics
- Wed 9/26: Paper assignment / heuristics
- Fri 9/28: Lab -- discuss Shirley
- Week 7 (revision)
- Mon 10/1: Paper #1 Workshop topic focus and development
- Wed 10/3: Paper #1 Workshop organization and development
- Fri 10/5: lab: Discuss Shirley "Wolves" and Gibson "Johnny Mnemonic." (CC) / genre features
- Week 8 (Revision)
- Mon 10/8: ROT: 19-25, Editing Workshop / vague pronoun usage ROT: review MLA format / proofreading
- Wed: 10/10: Paper #1 DUE in folder with all drafts / Identity selection (CC)
- Fri: 10/12: Lab -- Small groups
- Week 9 (Identity)
- Mon 10/15: Card / discuss genre features of whole texts
- Wed 10/17: Platt (CC)
- Fri 10/19: Lab -- Boals (CC)
- Week 10 (Genre -- Utopias / Distopias)
- Mon 10/22: small groups /novels
- Wed 10/24: In-class, Timed writing
- Fri 10/ 26: Lab -- Web Project: Writing for the net: making and reading notes.
- Week 11
Mon 10/29: Paper Assignment / Brainstorm topic generation.
- Wed 10/31: Rough draft due: development workshop
- Fri 11/2: Lab-- Web project: Making Group rooms
- Week 12
- Mon 11/5: Organization workshop
- Wed 11/7: Proofreading workshop
- Fri 11/9: Lab: Branham "Student's Guide to the Internet." Annotated Bibliographies
- Week 13
- Mon 11/12: HOLIDAY
- Wed 11/14: Editing final draft paper #2
- Fri 11/16: Papers Due/ Web Project Design / Barry (CC)
- Week 14
- Mon 11/19: Reddy (CC)
- Wed 11/21: Laurel(CC) / Research paper assignment
- Fri 11/23: Thanksgiving holiday
- Week 15
- Mon 11/26: Web Project -- research paper topics
- Wed 11/28: Section one research paper
- Fri 11/30: Lab -- I Search paper research
- Week 16
- Mon 12/3: Development workshop section I and II
- Wed: 12/5: Citing Online Sources: Annotated Bibs for Research paper
- Fri: 12/7: Lab -- Web projects
- Week 17
- Mon 12/10: Full drafts of research paper for editing workshop
- Wed: 12/12: Lab -- Web Projects
- Finals
- Fri: Dec 14 -- MP-1A-7: 7-9
- Mon: Dec 17 -- MP-1A-8: 8-10
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